FR Doc E7-1963
[Federal Register: February 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 25)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo,
Palo Alto, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGRPA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
object in the control of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Palo
Alto, CA. The human remains and associated funerary object were removed
from an unknown location in the Southwestern United States.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administration responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Palo
Alto Junior Museum and Zoo professional staff with assistance from the
Anthropological Studies Center, Archaeological Collections Facility,
Sonoma State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak
Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.
At an unknown time, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown location in the Southwestern
United States. The human remains were donated at an unknown time by an
unknown donor to the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo. No known
individual was identified. The one associated funerary object is a
cremation urn.
The antiquity of the human remains is unknown. No testing has been
performed. The age, sex, and ethnicity of the individual are unknown
due to the thoroughness of the cremation process. However, the
cremation urn associated with the individual has been identified as
Hohokam. The cremation urn is made of buffware ceramic with an exterior
design traditional to the Hohokam tribe of the Southwestern United
States.
Archeological evidence has demonstrated a strong relationship of
shared group identity between the Hohokam and the present-day O'odham
(Pima and Papago) and Hopi. The O'odham people are currently
represented by the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila
River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham
Nation of Arizona. In 1990, representatives of the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona issued a
joint policy statement claiming ancestral ties to the Hohokam cultural
traditions.
Hopi oral tradition places the origins of their Patki, Sun, Sand,
Corn, and Tobacco Clans south of the Colorado plateau. While Hopi oral
traditions do not identify specific locations, some of the descriptions
are consistent with Hohokam settlements in central Arizona during the
Classic period. O'odham oral traditions indicate that some of the
Hohokam people migrated north and joined the Hopi. In 1994,
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona issued a statement
claiming cultural affiliation with Hohokam cultural traditions.
The oral traditions of the Zuni mention Hawikuh, a Zuni community,
as a destination of settlers from the Hohokam area. Zuni language,
prayers, and rituals used by the Zuni Shu maakwe medicine society have
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descended from the Hohokam. In 1995, representatives of the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico issued a statement claiming
cultural affiliation with the Hohokam cultural traditions.
Based on consultation with the tribes and the available
archeological evidence, officials of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and
Zoo reasonably believe that the human remains are of Native American
ancestry, specifically Hohokam. There is no further museum
documentation on the human remains and associated funerary object.
Descendants of the Hohokam, Papago, and Pima are members of the
present-day Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico.
Officials of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one
associated funerary object described above is reasonably believed to
have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, the
officials of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and
associated funerary object and the Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object described above should contact Robert De Geus, Recreation and
Youth Service's Division Manager, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA
94301, telephone (650) 463-4908, before March 9, 2007. Repatriation of
the human remains and associated funerary object to the Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona; Gila
River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona;
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the
Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo is responsible for notifying
the Ak Chin Indian Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona;
Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 14, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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